Zurich Canada Appoints Snider as Head of Risk Services

Chris Snider has been named head of Risk Services for Zurich Canada.

Formerly the manager of Risk Services – Property, Snider fills a role that was vacated by Scott Thomas, who was named Head of Human Resources.

Snider has been with Zurich Canada for 15 years and has held roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to becoming manager of this team, he was a senior risk consultant and portfolio executive for Property. He has acted as the Regional and Technical Lead for Business Resilience in North America and represents North America in the Group Business Resilience Technical Center.

Certified as an associate member of the Business Continuity Institute, Snider is passionate about bringing business resilience solutions to Zurich customers. He shares his expertise on supply chain risks and business resilience and is responsible for annual business resilience calibration training for new risk engineers through Zurich North America and Zurich Canada.

“Looking to continue the valuable work that Scott has done with this team over many years, we now look to Chris to take this function to the next level as Risk Services is strategically positioned to be the core of our enhanced service offering to our customers,” said Zurich Canada CEO Saad Mered.

Snider will serve on the Zurich Canada Executive Committee, reporting to Mered and functionally to Tom Fioretti, chief risk engineering officer, U.S. Commercial Insurance, Zurich North America.